| Tomlin: Dixon stays as Steelers QB By ALAN ROBINSON 2010-09-14T16:50:08ZPITTSBURGH (AP) -- Dennis Dixon will be the Steelers' starting quarterback Sunday at Tennessee, even though the injured Byron Leftwich may return to practice as early as Wednesday.... hosted.ap.org |
Pakistan team manager Saeed resigns • Tour manager asked to be relieved of his duties• No decision made on availability of Butt, Amir and AsifYawar Saeed has stepped down as the manager of Pakistan's cricket team following the team's controversial tour of England, the Pakistan Cricket Board said today.The PCB confirmed Saeed had asked the board chairman, Ijaz Butt, to relieve him of his duties. "Yawar Saeed met the chairman today who has accepted his request, the board will announce a new manager in due course," the board's media manager, Nadeem Sarwar, said.Saeed, 75, who played for Somerset in the 1950s, has come in for severe criticism for his handling of team affairs on the tour of England which was marred by spot-fixing allegations. Saeed, when contacted, declined to comment on the specific reasons for his departure but said he had done his duty as the tourists' manager in England and that his agreement with the board was on a series to series basis."I have had a long discussion with the chairman and he understood my point of view," Saeed said.Saeed, who has come under fire for his handling of the allegations about spot-fixing that were made by the News of the World, had indicated that he wanted to step down as manager after the tour as he was unable to handle the pressures of the job.Sources in Pakistan said that in all probability the board would now promote Shafqat Rana, who was the team's associate manager in England, in place of Saeed.The board refused to elaborate on the other main item on the agenda, the meeting the chairman had with the national selection committee. Although the selectors had met to pick the Pakistan A squad for a tour of the West Indies and the teams for the Asian Games, a source said the selectors discussed the availability of the suspended trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for the forthcoming series against South Africa."Butt told the selectors that they should, for the time being, hold back announcing the senior team for the South Africa series as the board was expecting Scotland Yard and the prosecutor's office to come out with a decision on the suspended trio this week," the source said."The board is expecting the prosecutor's office to decide this week if there is enough evidence provided by Scotland Yard to press charges against the three players who are alleged to have done spot- fixing in the fourth Test against England at Lord's in late August."Pakistan cricket teamCricketPakistan cricket betting scandalguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Valley Benefits: Alice Cooper signs guitar for charity auction Arizona rocker Alice Cooper, who was nominated this week for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has signed a guitar for charity auction. Proceeds will go to the nonprofit Arizona Farm Bureau Educational Farming Co.’s mission to advance agricultural science in elementary schools. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Halftime report is in on college football season By RALPH D. RUSSO 2010-10-14T15:37:17ZIf there was still any doubt that being a so-called traditional power in college football isn't what it used to be, consider the AP Top 25 halfway through the 2010 season.... hosted.ap.org |
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